Planes: Fire and Rescue (2014)
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Planes: Fire and Rescue Movie Review
Planes: Fire and Rescue is a 2014 animated family film from Disneytoon Studios. It’s an improvement upon its predecessor, but it’s still quite a weak movie.
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“It takes a special kind of plane to become a firefighter“
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Dusty Crophopper is a celebrity racer with a fantastic career. He trains to become a certified firefighter, even as his career comes to an end. The reason why this particular movie was ultimately better than the original mostly lies in the action, which is pretty good and fun. It gives kids an inspirational look into firefighters and their importance, which makes it rather good for kids.
But other than some really cool firefighting action scenes, the movie doesn’t have a lot to offer unfortunately. Once again, the characters are so weak and lifeless. They are just these stereotypes who really are one-note and boring. The storytelling is pedestrian.
The animation continues to be the highlight of this franchise. Planes: Fire and Rescue looks terrific and particularly memorable in those firefighting scenes with the color orange being particularly mesmerizing. The flight scenes are great and those are the highlights of this movie.
The dialogue is bad, the themes are non-existent and most of the first half consists of dull childish jokes that really got on my nerves as they were so uninspired and boring. The second half picked things up significantly with more action and more flight scenes, but still the movie is mediocre and this franchise still ranks among the worst Disneytoon flicks. It once again made me wonder why it was sent to theaters when it was clearly not meant for such a treatment.
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Yes, the strong yet spiritual-minded helicopter known as Windlifter, whose propeller blades are painted like feathers, is a Native American throwback to less forward-thinking eras. But much is forgiven by the fact someone had the forethought to hire Wes Studi of ” The Last of the Mohicans ” to speak for him. Don’t get me wrong. “Planes: Fire Rescue” won’t ever be mistaken for a classic, especially not with its happy ending that exists primarily for the benefit of future sequels. But it has to be healthier and more edifying for a child eight and under to watch this rather than a ” Transformers ” movie. Besides, any film with the insight to hire the married comedy team Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara as an elderly anniversary couple named Harvey and Winnie—yes, they are RVs—at least has some creative juice in its tank.